Our society must make it right and possible for old people not to fear the young or be deserted by them, for the test of a civilization is the way that it cares for its helpless members.

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If you want to understand today, you have to search yesterday.

If you want to understand today, you have to search yesterday.

When good people in any country cease their vigilance and struggle, then evil men prevail.

When good people in any country cease their vigilance and struggle, then evil men prevail.

I feel no need for any other faith than my faith in human beings. Like...

I feel no need for any other faith than my faith in human beings. Like...

If our American way of life fails the child, it fails us all.

If our American way of life fails the child, it fails us all.

I am mentally bifocal.

I am mentally bifocal.

Truth is always exciting. Speak it, then; life is dull without it.

Truth is always exciting. Speak it, then; life is dull without it.

Life without idealism is empty indeed. We just hope or starve to death.

Life without idealism is empty indeed. We just hope or starve to death.

Order is the shape upon which beauty depends.

Order is the shape upon which beauty depends.

I feel no need for any other faith than my faith in the kindness of...

I feel no need for any other faith than my faith in the kindness of...

Chinese are wise in comprehending without many words what is inevitable and inescapable and therefore...

Chinese are wise in comprehending without many words what is inevitable and inescapable and therefore...

We should so provide for old age that it may have no urgent wants of...

We should so provide for old age that it may have no urgent wants of...

All things are possible until they are proved impossible and even the impossible may only...

All things are possible until they are proved impossible and even the impossible may only...

The secret of joy in work is contained in one word-excellence. To know how to...

The secret of joy in work is contained in one word-excellence. To know how to...

You can judge your age by the amount of pain you feel when you come...

You can judge your age by the amount of pain you feel when you come...

The bitterest creature under heaven is the wife who discovers that her husband's bravery is...

The bitterest creature under heaven is the wife who discovers that her husband's bravery is...

Let woman out of the home, let man into it, should be the aim of...

Let woman out of the home, let man into it, should be the aim of...

Truth is always exciting. Speak it, then. Life is dull without it

Truth is always exciting. Speak it, then. Life is dull without it

Speak the truth, by all means! Speak it so that no man can mistake the...

Speak the truth, by all means! Speak it so that no man can mistake the...

We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien...

We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien...

False face must hide what the false heart doth know.

False face must hide what the false heart doth know.